Big Snows Continue for the Mountains, Maybe a Snow Shower East
By Ed Greene
DENVER (CBS4) - Another winter storm moving east from California will bring Pacific moisture to our mountains and that means heavy snow. It also means only scattered snow showers at best for Denver and the eastern plains. Mountains get their moisture from the Pacific, and here is the east our moisture that results in heavy snow comes from the Gulf in an "upslope" configuration. So once again, most mountain locations are under a Winter Weather Advisory or winter Storm Warning for up to 20" of snow.
Monday, Denver reached a high officially of 54 degrees and that is 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. We were 55 degrees downtown. Clouds, maybe a snow shower and cooler temperatures will dictate Denver's weather for Tuesday - look for a high in the mid 30s - nearly 10 degrees below normal. Clouds and cold weather continues for Wednesday with a high in the low 30s. Partly cloudy on Thursday but not much warmer - a high back in the mid 30s.
Sunshine returns on Friday with a high near 40...and sunshine will stay with us to start the weekend with a in the low 40s Saturday.
The mountains of southwest Colorado will see the most snow with up to 20" around Telluride and Wolf Creek.
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